The library board has proposed a new agreement based on a regular monthly lease payment by the township.

Township board members, however, feel the new agreement should be similar to the 1999 agreement already in place.

Instead of a set monthly amount, the old agreement requires the township to pay a portion of maintenance and utility costs for its share of the building, a meeting room and small office space.

Library officials have complained that the township has not kept up with its contributions, but Hopkins Township Supervisor Mark Evans said the township has paid the bills it has received.

Evans said the spreadsheet of expenses that Bazan submitted in July was "not a bill." The township's version of the proposed usage agreement includes a requirement that the library submit regular invoices.

"That's our agreement. Not too hard to understand. Why would we want to change?" Evans said during discussion at the Oct. 14 township board meeting.